Cancer Center Art Contest
Forrest General Cancer Center is seeking donated art submissions in honor of the Cancer Center’s 25th Anniversary.
Submissions will be accepted through April 17, 2024.
Winners within each of the following categories will be selected:
- Youth Winner (ages 10-17), $250
- Adult Winner (ages 18 and up), $750
- Coloring Outside the Lines (Originality), Gift Basket
*Cash prizes are sponsored by Care Center of Hattiesburg
Winners will be notified via phone call the week of April 29, 2024. A video reel announcing winners will also be posted to social media.
The original art may display or printed to scale, framed, and displayed at the Forrest General Cancer Center. Submissions will also be displayed at the Cancer Survivor’s Picnic in the Bill and Becky Oliver Healing Garden.
Guidelines:
- Theme is Colors of Courage: A Celebration of Hope
- 2-D entries will be accepted March 13, 2024 through April 17, 2024
- Minimum submission size for artwork is 8x10 and must be scalable using a 4:5 ratio.
- The 4:5 aspect ratio means that for every 4 units in one dimension, there are 5 units in the other dimension.
- Additional dimensions of objects with a 4:5 aspect ratio is 8 in x 10 in, 12 in x 15 in, 16 in x 20 in, 20 in x 25 in, 24 in x 30 in, and artwork can be submitted in any of these sizes.
- Acceptable media for submissions includes oil, watercolor, pastel, acrylic, pencil, pen, photography, and mixed media. Experimental and mixed techniques are also acceptable, as long as 75% of the work uses original art. Original digital creations are also accepted (which may not include AI or digital image generation of any kind).
Submission:
- Once submitted, the artwork becomes property of Forrest General Cancer Center and will not be returned.
- Each entry requires a submission form. Forms may also be completed at the Cancer Center at time of submission.
- The entry must be 75% original and the participant must be the sole owner.
- Forrest General Cancer Center is not responsible for entries that are lost or not received by the deadline.
ART COMPETITION ENTRY FORM